Front Cover:Inside one of the reservoirs at Sangachal Terminal
near Baku that will soon be filled with oil and, hopefully, on
its way out to international markets. If objects could speak,
these large tanks would have much to say about the rapid economic
transformation that is taking place in Azerbaijan these days.
Photo: Oleg Litvin.

Back Cover: Artist Ismayil Mammadov nurtures
the love of painting in Oleg Litvin's grandson, teaching him
how to make objects speak symbolically. Photo: Oleg Litvin.